Det sker i Chania (Crete), Greece året igennem

Travlt — Christmas holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Olive harvest (1. nov. – 31. jan. (normalt)), Winter: the coast closes (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Travlt — Clean Monday, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Clean Monday

  23. feb.KarnevalLukningerTætpakket

  Clean Monday, the first day of Orthodox Lent and 48 days before Easter, is a public holiday. Offices and most shops close, families head outdoors to picnic and fly kites, and tavernas serve Lenten food such as seafood, bean dishes and flat lagana bread. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Winter: the coast closes (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Travlt — Independence Day, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Natur

  Spring wildflowers and greens

  10. mar. – 10. maj · normaltVilde blomster & blomstring

  The hills behind the town go green and flowering for two months, and the horta the tavernas serve in spring is picked off them. It is the walking season the island does not advertise.

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  25. mar.National helligdagLukninger

  25 March, also the feast of the Annunciation, is a national holiday. Schoolchildren and bands parade through town centres under blue-and-white flags, banks, offices and most shops close, and fried salt cod with garlic sauce is the traditional lunch. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Clean Monday (23. feb.), Winter: the coast closes (1. nov. – 31. mar.)

Tætpakket — Orthodox Easter, Easter holidays (Orthodox) i Greece

• Helligdag

  Orthodox Easter

  10.–13. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukningerBook tidligt

  The biggest weekend of the Greek year: the villages fill with returning families, lamb goes on the spit on Sunday and shops shut for days around it. Domestic flights and ferries book out first. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Spring wildflowers and greens (10. mar. – 10. maj (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Åbning

  Samaria Gorge open

  1. maj – 31. okt. · normaltVandresæson

  The national park opens when the authority judges the riverbed safe, usually in the first half of May, and shuts around the end of October. Out of season you can only walk the last two kilometres from Agia Roumeli. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Spring wildflowers and greens (10. mar. – 10. maj (normalt)), Orthodox Easter (10.–13. apr.)

Travlt — Summer holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. jun. – 5. nov. · normalt

  Crete's water is usable a month either side of the Greek mainland's season, and the shallow lagoons at Balos and Elafonissi are warm well before the open coast.

Stadig i gang: Samaria Gorge open (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  The meltemi

  1. jul. – 31. aug. · normaltVindsæsonRisiko

  The northerly blows down the Aegean into high summer and this is the coast it hits. It cancels the Balos boats and closes the north-facing beaches on its worst days; the south coast stays calm.

Stadig i gang: Samaria Gorge open (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 5. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — August peak, Summer holidays i Greece

• Helligdag

  August peak

  1.–31. aug.SkoleferieTætpakketBook tidligt

  Greeks take their own holiday in the same weeks as northern Europe, so the old harbour, the west coast beaches and the road to Elafonissi are all at capacity around 15 August. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Samaria Gorge open (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 5. nov. (normalt)), The meltemi (1. jul. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Samaria Gorge open (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 5. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Ohi Day, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Ohi Day

  28. okt.National helligdagLukninger

  28 October marks Greece's refusal of the 1940 Italian ultimatum. School and military parades fill town centres in the morning, flags hang from balconies, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Samaria Gorge open (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 5. nov. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1. nov. – 31. jan. · normalt

  Nets go down under the trees across the whole prefecture from November and the presses run through the winter. The new oil turns up in the markets green and cloudy.

• Sæson

  Winter: the coast closes

  1. nov. – 31. mar.Lukket uden for sæsonenLukninger

  Beach resorts, most charter flights and a good share of the harbour restaurants shut for the winter. Chania town itself keeps working, which is more than the villages around it do.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 5. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Christmas holidays i Greece, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Olive harvest (1. nov. – 31. jan. (normalt)), Winter: the coast closes (1. nov. – 31. mar.)